22 Heart attack deaths in 40 days: Karnataka's growing cardiac crisis

A spike in sudden cardiac deaths in Karnataka has shocked the state. 22 deaths in just 40 days—many of them under 45.

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00:00In just 40 days, 22 people have died of heart attacks in Karnataka's Hassan.

00:04And it's not just the elderly, some were as young as 19.

00:08On June 30th alone, a 50-year-old homemaker from Belour collapsed after feeling tired.

00:13A 58-year-old professor died suddenly while sipping tea.

00:16A 57-year-old worker passed away after a day of chest pain.

00:20And a 63-year-old man collapsed without warning.

00:23What's especially alarming is the age profile of the victims.

00:26Of the 22 deaths, 5 were between 19 and 25, 8 were between 25 and 45.

00:32Jayadev Hospital in Bengaluru is seeing a sharp rise in cardiac patients

00:36with an estimated 8% increase in footfall in just two weeks,

00:40especially from Hassan and nearby districts.

00:42Many are rushing in for precautionary heart check-ups.

00:45According to the district health department,

00:47Hassan has recorded 507 heart attacks in the past two years

00:50with 190 of them turning fatal.

00:53One thing is a lifestyle and a foot habits and a lack of exercise.

00:57And the main thing is a stress.

00:59But now a new theory is also under scrutiny.

01:02Karnataka CM Siddharamaya has ordered a probe into the spike,

01:05asking a medical panel to investigate possible links

01:08to COVID vaccine side effects, among other causes.

01:11The panic has grown after the recent death of model and actor

01:14Shifali Jariwala, who suffered a cardiac arrest on June 27 at just 42.